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Mr Swindells' Great Experiment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the symbol for potassium on the periodic table?

a)

P

b)

Po

c)

J

d)

K

2.

What is the name given to elements that have properties in between metals and nonmetals?

a)

Metalloid

b)

Metallica

c)

Metaphor

d)

Metalline

3.

Edward Jenner used which disease as a natural vaccine for the deadly smallpox?

a)

Chickenpox

b)

Cowpox

c)

Monkeypox

d)

Horse pox

4.

What are the two chambers at the bottom of the human heart called?

a)

Valves

b)

Atriums

c)

Ventricles

d)

Veins

5.

Human hair and nails are made up of which substance?

a)

Plastic

b)

Keratin

c)

Metal

d)

Skin

6.

In a full set, how many teeth does an adult human have?

a)

28

b)

30

c)

32

d)

34

7.

ROUGHLY: If the Sun was scaled down to the size of a 25 inch space hopper, what object would you use to represent Earth?

a)

A tennis ball

b)

A grain of sand

c)

A pea

d)

A football

8.

What is the name of someone who studies the stars?

a)

Astronomer

b)

Librarian

c)

Meteorologist

d)

Microbiologist

9.

Legend has it that an apple landed on the head of which famous scientist, prompting his laws of gravity?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Mr Swindells

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Stephen Hawking

10.

Marie Curie was famous for her work in which area of research?

a)

Radioactivity

b)

Quantum physics

c)

Dermatology

d)

Vaccinations

11.

What is the largest muscle in the human body?

a)

The gluteus maximus (bum)

b)

Latissimus dorsi (back)

c)

The bicep (upper arm)

d)

The hamstring (back upper leg)

12.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

a)

8

b)

3

c)

5

d)

1

13.

Dolly was the first creature to be cloned, what was she?

a)

A dog

b)

A sheep

c)

A chicken

d)

A mouse

14.

What is the largest single cell on the planet?

a)

An ostrich's egg

b)

An elephant's tusk

c)

A giant jellyfish

d)

The honey mushroom

15.

Which scientist famously conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Miss Phillips

d)

Nikola Tesla

16.

What does this symbol represent in an electric circuit diagram?

a)

A battery/cell

b)

A switch

c)

A diode

d)

A lamp

17.

The solid form of CO2 is commonly known as...

a)

Dry ice

b)

Table salt

c)

Chalk

d)

Ash

18.

Cows emit large amounts of methane by doing what activity?

a)

Running

b)

Burping + Farting

c)

Sweating

d)

Spitting

19.

Where is world's most active volcano?

a)

New Zealand

b)

Hawaii, USA

c)

China

d)

Argentina

20.

What is regarded as the hardest known substance on planet Earth?

a)

Diamond

b)

Gold

c)

Silver

d)

Emerald